Manuel Schenkhuizen

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Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (May 11, 1986–), is a Dutch professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III (his primary race is "Orc"); he is currently signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings. He was rated the #1 top Warcraft III player in the World by SK Gaming and WCReplays.com on February 2006, going up from the second place (first spot held by Grubby's rival Jang "Spirit Moon" Jae Ho) he received when the ranking was first conceived 3 months earlier. Grubby mostly plays solo, but when playing 2v2 he often plays with his teammate Yoan "ToD" Merlo.

Manuel has been one of the best players in the world since 2004, showing an extremely consistent shape in tournaments. This is part of what makes him stand out as a player, there are always players on top of the food chain, but no other player has been part of the absolute best as long as he has. Showing consistent strong tournament finishes since 2004, together with Jang Jae Ho he is the only player in WarCraft 3 history to have at least one major tournament every year since 2004. To be more precise: he won the World Cyber Games in 2004, the Electronic Sports World Cup in 2005 and the World Series of Video Games in 2006.

His biggest strengths are considered his exceptional macromanagement skills and quick thinking. Orc was known as the weakest race in Warcraft, however; his innovative strategies revolutionized how Orc is traditionally played. His total prize money earnings exceed $160,000 USD. Additional incomes over the years have come from various sources such as a salary received from professional gaming team Four Kings and teaching Warcraft 3.

In the web Mockumentary Pure Pwnage the Main Character Jeremey receives a phone call from "Grubby", a reference to Manuel. Jeremy notes on his inability to beat "Gosu Night elf players".

[edit] Notable accomplishments

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2007 3^rd Samsung European Championship (prize: $1 000) (Germany)
2007 5^nd-8^th Extreme Masters (prize: $665) Germany)
2007 2^nd MBCGame World War Season I (prize: $8 000) (South-Korea)
2007 3^rd Battle.Net Season IV Finals (prize: $2 000) (Germany)
2006 1^st World Series of Video Games Finals (prize: $20 000) (USA)
2006 2^nd Superfight#2 Match 1 (prize: $1 500) (South-Korea)
2006 1^st MBCGame Warcraft 3 World War #1 (prize: $5 000) (South-Korea)
2006 5^th-8^th World Cyber Games (prize :$1 250) (Italy)
2006 1^st World Series of Video Games, London (prize: $5 000) (United Kingdom)
2006 3^rd KODE5 Global Finals (prize: $1 000) (China)
2006 2^nd ClanBase EuroCup XII (prize: $1 000) (Denmark)
2006 1^st World E-Sports Festival (prize: $6 000 + PC package) (China)
2006 5^th-8^th Electronic Sports World Cup (prize: $2 000) (France)
2006 1^st V-Sports All-Stars (prize: CPU + Graphic Card (7900GTX))(USA)
2006 2^nd World e-Sports Games Masters 2006 (prize: $7 000) (China)
2006 1^st Samsung European Championship (prize: $5 120) (Germany)
2006 2^nd Blizzard Worldwide Invitiational (prize: $10 000) (South-Korea)
2005 3^rd World Cyber Games (prize: $7 500) (Singapore)
2005 1^st BlizzCon (prize: $10 000) (USA)
2005 1^st Revellcell Masters (prize: $2 000) (Germany)
2005 1^st Digital Life Gaming Tournament (prize: $10 000) (USA)
2005 1^st Cyberathlete Professional League: Istanbul (prize: $1 600) (Turkey)
2005 1^st Electronic Sports World Cup(prize: $13 000) (France)
2005 1^st Samsung European Championship (prize: $12 800) (Germany)
2004 1^st World Cyber Games (prize: $25 000) (USA)
2004 1^st The Cyber X Games tournament (prize: $10 000) (USA)

Team competitions

2007 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League X (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2006 3^rd NGL One (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2006 2^nd Stars War III (China) (as a member of team Europe)
2006 2^nd Warcraft 3 Champions League IX (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2006 3^rd Trans-Atlantic Showdown (prize: $2 250) (USA)(with Yoan "ToD" Merlo)
2006 3^rd Stars War II (China) (as a member of team Europe)
2005 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League VIII (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2005 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League VII (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2004 2^nd * 2005 1st Warcraft 3 Champions League V (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
2003 3^rd World Cyber Games Nations (prize: $4 000) (South-Korea)(with Arvid "Myth" Fekken)